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Just so you know
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 10:51am.Use of the Washington State seal for other than state business or by written consent of the Secretary of State is a violation of state law. re: WAC 434-04-040
See the regs here
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. - Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil
I really don't think anyone would consider this
Submitted by Guglielmo on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 11:18am.Maybe not
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 12:22pm.misrepresentation but misappropriation probably. I have to disagree with the idea it's not the state seal. It's the state seal with slight alterations to suit what looks like a business use.
Just so you know.
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. - Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil
After reading the regs,
Submitted by Rob Richards on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 1:29pm.Rather than continue to speculate
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 2:20pm.how about we just forward this to the SOS office and ask for an opinion? I'd be curious to know what they might think, no matter what side an opinion may fall on. Might be a good civics lesson for us all?
The SOS has a history of vigorously enforcing the state code on this question. The rare occurance usually happens in an election year when some not-so-bright legislator running for re-election uses the seal on a campaign web site or brochure. The SOS is known to act quickly when it learns of the use.
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. - Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil
Yes. Let's get the SOS to
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 2:22pm.well
Submitted by enpen on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 3:52pm.If it helps the argument, my two year old just saw this picture and said "there's the State seal!"
"In principle, I am an anarchist. Kurt Vonnegut once said he was an agnostic who respects Jesus Christ. I am an anarchist who loves democracy." - Kenzaburo Oe
Well, pt. 2
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 4:15pm.I imagine your two-year-old is smarter than most of us put together anyway, right?I'm, um, 52 (ouch, it hurts to type that!) and I thought exactly the same thing on first sight. The rest of the message is lost to 'Ol George plunked down in the middle of things. Maybe that's the point. Hard to know what those artists are up to.
I'm not too sure this is an argument - at least I hope it's not - so much as my curiosity as a so-called citizen journalist coming forth.
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. - Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil